Junior Chris Shank earned
his third straight NE-10 Pitcher of the Week honor |
Two Ravens Claim NE-10
Baseball Honors
Shank earns third Pitcher of the Week honor this season,
second-straight Dunn named Freshman of the Week for second
time
RINDGE, N.H. (April 9, 2002)
- The Franklin Pierce University
baseball team was recognized
by the Northeast-10 Conference again this week as two members
earned weekly honors by the Conference office this afternoon.
Junior right-hander Chris Shank
(Westminster, Mass./Oakmont Regional) was tabbed
the Northeast-10’s Pitcher of the Week for the second-straight
week and third time this season. Shank was masterful in
FPC’s 7-4 victory over in-state rival Southern New Hampshire
University on Sunday afternoon. Shank made a run at former
teammate Justin Blood’s Conference and school-record 20
strikeouts in game set against the Penmen nearly a year
ago to the day on April 11, 2001. Shank fanned a career-high
17 SNHU batters as he earned his fourth win of the season,
allowing four runs, just two earned, on five hits with just
one walk (which came in the eighth inning). He struck out
the side five times and sat down seven-straight batters
in a row by way of the K during one stretch.
Shank also batted .308 (4-13) with
a homerun and four RBIs last week for Franklin Pierce. He
belted a three-run homer at Saint Anselm on Friday afternoon.
Shank leads the Ravens pitching staff
with a 4-1 record, a 2.19 earned run average with 58 strikeouts
in 37 innings pitched (14.11 K’s/9 IP). Opposing hitters
are batting a mere .136 against him and he is allowing just
0.70 walks and hits per innings pitched (WHIP). Shank leads
the Northeast-10 in opposing batting average (74 points
lower than second place) and strikeouts, while he ranks
second in wins and third in ERA.
Dunn earned his second
straight NE-10 Freshman of the Week honor |
Freshman third baseman Bear
Dunn (Charlton, Mass./Shepherd Hill) was named the
NE-10 Freshman of the Week for the second time this spring.
He led the Ravens offense in a 5-1 week with a .435 batting
average (10-23), six runs scored, two doubles, a triple,
four stolen bases (on as many attempts) and five RBIs. Dunn
posted a .609 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage
for the week.
Dunn led off the week with a two-for-three
effort with a stolen base and two runs score to help lead FP
to a 9-6 victory over Teikyo Post University. In a doubleheader
sweep of Merrimack College on Saturday, he was a combined
4-8 with a triple and three RBIs. Dunn also batted 2-4 with
a run scored and two key RBIs in Sunday’s game one win against
Southern New Hampshire.
Dunn currently leads the Ravens with
a .368 batting average (25-68), 17 runs scored, five doubles,
three triples and 14 RBIs. He boasts a .529 slugging percentage
and .463 on-base percentage while starting all 20 games
at third base. Dunn ranks third in the NE-10 in triples
and ninth in on-base percentage.
FP
(11-9, 6-3 NE-10) returns to
action on Tuesday, when it travels to Manchester, N.H.,
to face Saint Anselm College at 3:30 p.m. The Ravens next
home game is Wednesday against Keene State College at 3:30
p.m.